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Challenges of protecting intellectual property in the software industry
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 20/02/2015
» In the fast-evolving and highly competitive technology industry, software developers and owners should exercise strong vigilance to ensure that their creations are properly guarded within the ambit of intellectual property rights. Protecting software, however, involves complex, interrelated issues that encompass a mix of copyright, patent, trademark and trade secrets law.
Trade laws prohibit anti-competitive practices
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 28/11/2014
» Competition law, which is also called antitrust law in the United States, trade practices law in Australia and Britain, or anti-monopoly law in Russia and China, may go by many names, but what most competition laws generally have in common are these three elements:
Thailand paving the way towards an Innovation-Driven economy
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 18/10/2013
» Industry Minister Prasert Boonchaisuk recently reiterated the government's determination to continue promoting the Thailand Creative Economy initiative. In an attempt to rally support for Thailand's transition to an innovation-driven country, he used rousing words such as "creative" and "sustainable" to describe his latest strategy. A three-stage, 20-year plan is now being drawn up, but it is not without its challenges.
Health and safety and IP must go hand in hand
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 19/04/2013
» No one in their right mind would buy counterfeit medicines, chemicals, or car parts, yet there is a dark trade in these dangerous items in Asia _ and it is on the increase. A recent case in March, as reported by the Bangkok Post, is a clear example of what must be tackled: "Thailand's food chain and livestock industry faces a risk from imports of counterfeit glutaraldehyde, an organic compound used in disinfecting poultry and swine facilities" where up to 50% of the products found were fake.
Thailand's draft tobacco consumption control act: Plain packaging and beyond
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 19/10/2012
» Australia will soon be the first country to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain packaging. From Dec 1, 2012, tobacco packaging will be standardised for all manufacturers; photographic health warnings will occupy 75% of the front and 90% of the back of the packaging, and product names will appear in a uniform font on the remainder of the pack, which itself must be coloured olive green. No famous logos, other branding, trademarks or colours can be applied.
Import challenges for cosmetic products
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 05/10/2012
» By harmonising the technical regulations governing the cosmetics industry in the Asean region over the past few years, the Asean Cosmetics Association has been the driving force toward better quality and standards. This harmonisation has also helped remove trade barriers under the Asean Free Trade Area.
Anti-dumping Measures: Easing the transition to free trade
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 04/05/2012
» Many businesses in Asean countries continue to adjust to the changes brought about by the elimination of import duties, in the context of both the Asean Economic Community and other bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. While reductions in barriers to trade _ tariff or non-tariff _ can open foreign markets to domestic producers, they also bring additional competition for domestic producers in their home markets.
The AEC and labour market issues
Business, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd, Published on 24/02/2012
» The Asean Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS), signed in 1995, had a goal to liberalise trade in services by expanding the scope and depth of liberalisation beyond what member states had agreed under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).